Author: Stanley Thomas Bindoff
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780436042829
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 1368

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Author: Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 646

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Author: Christopher Edward Taucar
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773596569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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The basic rules and implications of every state's system of government provide an authoritative and objective basis to guide and judge the actions of the state's decision makers, including courts. Christopher Taucar provides a detailed history of the British system's development from state power being exercised by centralized royal courts to its present-day distinct legislative, judicial, and executive bodies with diverse powers. The British System of Government and Its Historical Development fills a large and important gap in contemporary understandings of British legal and political history by providing a broad overview of a system that influenced political systems across the world. The main constitutional settlements are examined, including the development of parliamentary sovereignty, courts, and the common law, emphasizing the supremacy of law and natural law. Thus, the findings question the assumptions held by many contemporary scholars and judges by reaffirming the centuries-old view of the supremacy of law as an objective and external standard. The British System of Government and Its Historical Development argues that knowing this system is vital not only to our understanding of systems of government in Britain and elsewhere, but also as the basis to hold governments accountable to their most basic rules and imperatives.

Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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Author: Oscar Patterson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761869611
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Modern Freemasonry in the United States and Great Britain celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2017 tracing its direct history from the Grand Lodge of England founded in 1717. This text is intended to provide a theory of origin for the Fraternity. It is based on available sources, many of which are not Masonic in nature, but cover the disciplines of history, religion, ethics, economics, politics, and labor development. The book begins with an overview of how the Fraternity initiated members in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and includes the ancient Legend of Noah. It then reviews how history is written and exams the utilization of Biblical and legendary accounts in the development of a country’s, peoples’, or organization’s history. The text moves on to the transition from craft guild to fraternal organization and gives the full text of Freemasonry’s four oldest documents: Regius Poem, Cooke Manuscript, Graham Manuscript, and Schaw Statutes. This is followed by a description of the London Masons’ Company based on the assumption that this city-wide organization of craftsmen chartered in 1481 may have been the administrative precursor of the Grand Lodge of England. The author then reviews the demise of craft guilds and the rise of fraternal societies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Additional chapters review the Masonic approach to ritual, education, and ethical decision making. The text closes with a discussion of the philosophy of Freemasonry as well as comments and suggestions regarding Freemasonry’s future. The last chapter is a Scottish Charge appropriate to all men, not just Freemasons.

Author: Herbert Walter Macklin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brasses
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Author: Michael Zell
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780851155852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Early Modern Kent offers an accessible but scholarly introduction to the country's history during a century of extraordinary change."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Dublin (Ireland)
Publisher:
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Category : Dublin (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 563

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Author: James P. Stobaugh
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN: 0890516464
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Respected Christian educator, Dr. James Stobaugh, offers an entire year of high school British history curriculum in an easy to teach and comprehensive volume. British History: Observations & Assessments from Early Cultures to Today employs clear objectives and challenging assignments for the eleventh grade student without revisionist or anti-Christian perspectives. From before the Anglo-Saxon invasions to the end of an empire, British history trends, philosophies, and events are thoroughly explored. The following components are covered for the student: Critical thinking - Examinations of historical theories, terms, and concepts - History makers who changed the course of Britain's history - Overviews and insights into world views. Students will complete this course knowing the rise of the British empire that influenced nearly every corner of the earth!

Author: Charles Purton Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 540

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